they giveth, and they taketh away

What an appalling offense to archaic grammar. But that doesn't stop me from titling the entry thusly.

I have on my desk a letter from Delia Sherman that would have me bouncing in happiness if it didn't happen to reject "La Molejera" for Interfictions along the way. She and Dora Goss seem to have put a lot of effort into writing the rejection letters, which is above and beyond the call of duty for editors. So yay, but at the same time boo.

The reason given for the rejection, incidentally, was that it was too identifiably a genre story to fit the anthology. This confirms my suspicion that, provided they do manage to put out a second Interfictions antho, and provided I have not sold it by then, "The Deaths of Christopher Marlowe" may be my best prospect with them. (Of course, this also requires the provision that I get off my ass and do something with that first draft. It won't sell to anybody sitting on my hard drive.)